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Project Area 41
Grosse Ile Nature Conservancy Soft Shoreline Project
| Organization /Facility | Grosse Ile Land and Nature Conservancy/ US EPA |
| Beneficial Use Impairment (in brackets) & Issue Addressed: | -- |
| Benefit: | This project rehabilitated 280 feet of shoreline along Gibraltar Bay at the southern end of Grosse Ile (14) |
| Date Completed: | 2003-ongoing |
USGS Detroit River Habitat Map
| Organization /Facility | US Environmental Protection Agency/ USGS/ US Fish and Wildlife Service/ Michigan Sea Grant/ Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy/ US Army Corps of Engineers |
| Beneficial Use Impairment (in brackets) & Issue Addressed: | -- |
| Benefit: | In response to high priority recommendations, and complementing a previous survey in by Canadian officials of Canadas waters, this project identified candidate sites for habitat protection and remediation in US waters of the Detroit River. Objectives included: locating candidate sites for protection and restoration; describing the ownership and size of each site, as well as its potential for habitat protection and restoration; and, assessing the extent to which existing habitat is productive of fish and wildlife and protected from potentially destructive land uses. The report can be found online at http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/research/detroitriver.asp (14) |
| Date Completed: | 2000-2003 |